Media Activities Licences Media Activities Licences

Renew newspaper/magazine license

  • Fees

    AED 50,000.00 License for daily newspaper Daily NewsPaper Inside UAE

    AED 35,000.00 License for weekly newspaper Weekly NewsPaper Inside UAE

    AED 25,000.00 License for weekly magazine Weekly Magazine Inside UAE

    AED 15,000.00 License to print bimonthly magazine Bimonthly Magazine Inside UAE

    AED 10,000.00 License for a monthly magazine (or every two months) Monthly Magazine Inside UAE

    AED 3,000.00 License for quarterly magazine Quarterly Magazine Inside UAE

    AED 1,000.00 License for an annual magazine Yearly Magazine Inside UAE

    AED 15,000.00 License of a newspaper or electronic journal Electronic

  • Fee Type

    Federal

  • Category

    Process

  • Sector

    Media Regulatory Office

  • Department/Division

    Licensing and media content Department

  • Service Type

    G2B & G2G

  • Service Structure

    Secondary

  • Digital Transformation

    Yes

  • Target Customer

    • All Community members

    • Institutions: Government Entities / Private Institutions / NGOs

  • Service Channels

    Submit Service Request

    Obtain Service

    Payment for Service

    Service Centre

    Website

    Mobile

    Call Centre

    P.O Box

    Application Platform

  • Supplementary Service

    N/A

  • Service Limits

    N/A

1

Submit a license renewal application (/magazine/newspaper) electronically.

2

A copy of the passport for both the license holder and the editor-in-chief (in case of changing the data).

3

A copy of the license of the magazine / newspaper. (last update).

4

A copy of the media and commercial license for the printing press in which the magazine/newspaper is printed.

5

Pay the prescribed financial fees with cards (e-dirham / credit cards) terms and conditions apply

1

Electronically receiving a request to renew a new media license or several activities from the customer or his representative.

2

Checking the attachments and conditions to be met in the renewal application.

3

Payment of the prescribed financial fee electronically

4

Issuing the license electronically

  • Al Dhafra Cultural Center

  • Fujairah Cultural Center

  • RAK Cultural Center